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The Little Engine That Could is an American folktale existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films. The story originated and evolved in the early 20th century, but became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work.
Finally, with her task complete, the hen asks who will help her eat the bread. This time the animals eagerly accept, but the hen refuses, stating that no one helped her with her work and decides to eat the bread herself. In some books, the Little Red Hen (though she did eat the bread all by herself) decides to give her friends another chance.
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Corney, Mrs Matron of the work-house where Oliver is born. She marries Bumble making him miserable. The Bumbles are disgraced and end up as paupers in the work-house they once ruled over in Oliver Twist. Cousin Raymond is Camilla's self-interested husband who calls on Miss Havisham in hopes of sharing in her estate in Great Expectations. [4]
In the story, Gradgrind was the father of five children, naming them after prominent utilitarians. He also ran a model school where young pupils were treated as machines, or pitchers which were to be filled to the brim with facts. [3] This satirised the Scottish philosopher James Mill who attempted to develop his sons into perfect utilitarians. [4]
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Standing only 6 inches (0.50 ft) tall (knee-high to a Fraggle), Doozers in a sense represent anti-Fraggles; their lives are dedicated to work and industry. Doozers spend much of their time busily constructing all manner of scaffolding throughout Fraggle Rock using miniature construction equipment and wearing hard-hats and work boots. No one but ...
H. Håkan Bråkan; Hans My Hedgehog; The Hardy Boys; Kay Harker; Harold and the Purple Crayon; Dill Harris; Pee-Wee Harris; Fudge Hatcher; Peter Hatcher; Hawkeye Collins and Amy Adams